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Room 221, DiGiorgio Campus Center (DiGs)

Start Date

April 2016

End Date

April 2016

Keywords

pedagogy, critical race theory, feminist theory, teaching

Abstract

This paper will explore dynamics of an inclusive classroom. Building on the work of bell hooks and Paulo Freire, this project seeks to highlight successful inclusion of the classroom and unsuccessful practices of pedagogy. Creating an inclusive classroom not only mirrors the importance of this practice in politics, but also highlights inequity within political action by studying the classroom as a microchasm of the political process. It is through the understanding and evaluation of the practice of pedagogy that allows for a larger application to the political process. Does the practice of knowledge require inclusion not just in the bodies represented, but in the texts studied, the people educating students, and the acknowledgment of absent voices and stories?

In Teaching to Transgress, hooks addresses points out most students resist the critical thinking process (10). This practice of resistance is often embraced and reproduced through pedagogy in the classroom. Because of this, hooks notes this also leads to students believe that they do not have to work to maintain democracy (14). If the thoughtful, engaged citizen is not developed through the process of critical pedagogy, is the academy fulfilling its role? According to Friere, the development of a praxis of critical pedagogy would rely on those who have historically been marginalized and excluded. Do these students exist in the classroom? How do we incorporate these voices? What is the role of the Professor in developing not only a praxis of inclusion, but also a democratic citizen?

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Apr 2nd, 3:30 PMApr 2nd, 4:45 PM

Pedagogy of Inclusivity in a "Post-Racial" Classroom

Room 221, DiGiorgio Campus Center (DiGs)

This paper will explore dynamics of an inclusive classroom. Building on the work of bell hooks and Paulo Freire, this project seeks to highlight successful inclusion of the classroom and unsuccessful practices of pedagogy. Creating an inclusive classroom not only mirrors the importance of this practice in politics, but also highlights inequity within political action by studying the classroom as a microchasm of the political process. It is through the understanding and evaluation of the practice of pedagogy that allows for a larger application to the political process. Does the practice of knowledge require inclusion not just in the bodies represented, but in the texts studied, the people educating students, and the acknowledgment of absent voices and stories?

In Teaching to Transgress, hooks addresses points out most students resist the critical thinking process (10). This practice of resistance is often embraced and reproduced through pedagogy in the classroom. Because of this, hooks notes this also leads to students believe that they do not have to work to maintain democracy (14). If the thoughtful, engaged citizen is not developed through the process of critical pedagogy, is the academy fulfilling its role? According to Friere, the development of a praxis of critical pedagogy would rely on those who have historically been marginalized and excluded. Do these students exist in the classroom? How do we incorporate these voices? What is the role of the Professor in developing not only a praxis of inclusion, but also a democratic citizen?